Women more likely to lose jobs and do more unpaid work during Covid recession, report finds

Covid recession hit women hardest, but women also began the crisis on an uneven footing, the Grattan Institute reports

Australian women were hit by a triple whammy" during the Covid-19 induced recession, with a new report from the Grattan Institute finding women were more likely to lose their jobs and do a lot more unpaid work, and less likely to get government support.

The report notes during the peak of the economic shock last April, almost 8% of Australian women lost their jobs, and the total hours worked by women went down by 12%. Male employment went down 4% and hours worked by 7%.